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Prakash Chandra SUKHWAL
Senior Lecturer (Educator Track)- Ph.D. (Information Systems and Analytics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2024)
- MS (Information Technology in Business (Analytics), Singapore Management University, Singapore, 2014)
- B.Tech (Information and Communication Technology, DAIICT, Gandhinagar, India, 2010)
Prakash Sukhwal is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics at National University of Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. in Information Systems and Analytics from School of Computing in 2024. Prior to his current role, he was a Principal Data Scientist in manufacturing industry, where he utilized his machine learning and GenAI skills to drive innovation. With over nine years of teaching experience, Prakash has taught extensively to both university graduates and industry professionals, covering courses from basic to advanced analytics. His research interests include the use of large language models, health informatics, knowledge graphs, and conversational AI. He has published in top-tier journal and conferences, such as PNAS, ICIS, HICSS, PACIS, and AAAI, and has received the NUS Research Achievement Award twice, in 2020 and 2022.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Application of conversational agents in healthcare and education (individual and peer learning)
Applied knowledge engineering methods (Large Language Models and Knowledge graphs) in healthcare and education
Machine learning methodologies in social computing
RESEARCH PROJECTS
RESEARCH GROUPS
TEACHING INNOVATIONS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Sukhwal, P.C., and Kankanhalli, A. 2022. “Determining Containment Policy Impacts on Public Sentiment during the Pandemic Using Social Media Data”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Sukhwal, P. C., Kankanhalli, A., & Rajan, V. 2022. "Designing a Healthcare QA Assistant: A Knowledge Based Approach", ICIS 2022 Proceedings. 1.
- Sukhwal, P. C., Kankanhalli, A., & Rajan, V. 2023. "Evaluation Dimensions for Assessing Question Answer Systems for Lay Users: The Case of DiseaseGuru", Proceedings of the AAAI Symposium Series (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 98-102).
- Sukhwal, P. C., Cui, W., & Kankanhalli, A. 2023. "Knowledge Transfer between Humans and Conversational Agents: A Review, Organizing Framework, and Future Directions"' Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
- Lai, Y., Sukhwal, P.C., & Kankanhalli, A. 2020. "Explanations in Clinical DSS: A Review and Research Agenda". PACIS 2020 Proceedings. 169.
AWARDS & HONOURS
NUS SOC, Research Achievement Award for academic year 2021/22
NUS SOC, Research Achievement Award for academic year 2020/21
MODULES TAUGHT
TCX1003
Digital Ethics and Data Privacy